Nutcracker



H. W. McCLUNG.

NUTCRACKER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 24, 1921.

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To all whom it may concern: 7

UNITED stares HOMER W. MGCLUNG, OF BABRY TONfMICH'IG-AN."

NUTGRACKER;

Specification'of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 24, 1921. Serial Noi 439,551.

Be it known thatII, HOMER W. MoCLUNo,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Barryton, in the county of Mecosta and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Nutcrackers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings. 7

This invention relates to nut crackers and has for an object to provide a cracker having improved means for preventing the snapping of the shells when the nut is cracked.

A further, object of the invention is to provide a device having a plunger movable in a fixed path relative to the'base, whereby the cracking impact is always applied to the nut in such manner as to crack the shell with the least possible cracking of the meat.

A further object of the invention'is to provide a dome-like structure having an anvil base with a plunger reciprocable vertically in alinement with the anvil, the sides 01 the dome being. open to permit the insertion of a nut on the anvil under the plunger. With these and other objects in view the device comprises certain novel arrangements, elements and combinations as will be hereinafter more fully'described and claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved nut cracker,

Figure 2 is a vertical diametrical sectional view, and I Y Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 33 of Figure 2.

Like charactersof reterei' ceindicate corparts throughout the several responding views.

Theimproved nut cracker which forms the subject matter of this application comprises a dome 10 having a tubular offset 11 and with one or more openings 12 in one or more sides of the dome. The dome 1s preferably provided about its lower periphery or base with screw threads 13'and an anvil member a multi-angular lug 16 is centrally located in the form of a nut, to which a wrench,

or similar implement, may be applied.

The anvil member 14 ispreferably pro-I vided with a concaved upper surface 17 for the purpose of receiving and retaining the nut which is manually inserted through one of the. openings 12-. In this position in the concave 17 it is immediatelyin axial alinement with the plunger 18. The plunger 18 is preferably providedwith a head 19 having a Patented Apr. 11,1922.

concave 20 in its lower end complementary to the concavity 17 of the anvil. r

In operation the plunger'18'is raised in any approved manner manually or'by any usual and ordinary mechanism until there is sufiicient clearance between the head 19 and the anvil topermit. the manual insertion of a nut through one ofthe openings 12 into the concavity 17 of-the anvil. The proceeding from this point depends upon thenature of the nut to be cracked. If the shell is-of a variety easily cracked, the plunger may be simply released to fall upon the nut efl'ecting the cracking in this jnianner; if of a less easily cracked variety, stress may be applied to the plunger by the hand giving the plun ger a quick downward movement, the momentum and we ght of which will crack the nut." If, however, of a variety requiring greater stress t'o crack, the upper .end of the, plunger 18 may be hit with a hammer or other implement, while the head 19 is in contact with the nut. :Whateverthe means. I to actuate the plunger 18, the cracked shell; will be reta'inedagainst trajectin by the dome 10. It is obvious that the cra ckedsections of shell will congregate in the lower :7 peripheral hollow about the loweredge of the dome and maybe removed by turning the dome partially upside .down to permit v the shells to-escape through enact the openings 12. While the drawings indicate two 1 of these openings 12, iti'sto be understood that the invention is in no way limited to such number, which may be more or less.

What I claim to be new is:

A nut cracker comprising a hollow dome internally screw-threaded at the base, a sleeve co-axial with the'dome, a plunger inserted through the dome and .slidable in the sleeve, and an anvil member having pe:

ripheral 'screw-threads proportioned to encentral nut supporting member. in the path of movement of the plunger. V

. In testimony whereofl hereunto afiix my signature in prese'nceof two witnesses.

itnesses "RoBT; 'SISCO, .ORIE SIsoo.

gage the screw threads of the dome, and a" ;HOMER w. O' j I 

